The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS, -- • ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCI.(:-.. AND....----..... COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, :hare' Railways. done. ________ 1........... L . ____________.......... Paid, Closing Buaiues;< • , CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. 1.3.14. Bir., Wol., and Str.Val. all 8 85 25 Blythe and Tyne. - - The Stock Exchange, and most other places of rt it=laenafd,rx ter doM id.Co 1 64,1 Ai 5 1 5 / 81 Co mmercial resort, hav e b een c l ose d , as usua l on st Caledonian l OOO e 1174 1181 Good Friday. 00 Cork and Bandon all - - 20 Cornwall a ll 64 7 The Bank of England return for the week ending 10 1)0 A Th A gets no dig , 1 all - - Wednesday last shows some favovourable results 10 Do. B b i e l ei t l P e Scrt . o h '. 3 l i a" - - tP H. as will be seen by the following particulars :- • 50 Dublin & B e lf as t Junc.! all 3 5 37 25 Dun.,Perth.&Ab. .7 unc.! all 16 17 Active Circulation .. .. .. £19,856,910 at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 91 93 Increase .. .• .. .. 7,160 st Glasg. and S. Western.; 100 101 1(6 Bullion .. .. .. .. .. 14,449,201 st et Great Eastern, Ord, stk.! 100 4 7 ,8 47 4 1 !- ' - Increase .. .. .. .. 502,258 st Ditto A stollt Ditto East Anglian at 100 6 4 7 5 Rest .. .. .. .. .. 3,873.562 et GreatNorthoi Scotland 100 - - Increase ~. .. .. .. 7078 at Great Northern lOO 1 2 7 128 'Public Deposits .. .. .. 9, 841, . 3 9 3 at D o A stoc k Increase .. .. .. .. 1,270,612 st Do Bdo at Gt. S. an iW. o f helm( 100 9 1 93 Other Deposits.. • .. .. .. 12,480,154 st Great Western ... Decrease .. .. .. .. 625,646 at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 - Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 509,765 st Lancash,..•e & Yerkshir, 100 j 104 110 104 11 i Increase .. .. .. .. 26,433 st London and Blackwal) 100 67 t 9 G overnment Securities .. .. 11,273,114 st Lon., Bright.,& S. C oas t 109 1011 1044 at Lon. Chat 421 431 ' 421 3 Increase .. .. .. .. 98,530 , ~ and Dover 100 st Lon. & Nor'h Western 100 , 1085 1081 1084 1 O ther Securities .. .. .. 20,742,429 at Lon. & So'.th Western 100 970 984 Increase .. .. .. .. 84,849 at Man Shef., & Lincoln. 100 53 615 531 1 Notes Unemployed .. .. .. 8,495,190 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - Increase .. .. .. .. 481,230 124 Do i shares . all - - all 1111 1121 1124 114 121 st Metropolitan The Council of the Bank of France have reduced st Midland - Do New - - - P their rate of discount to 6 per cent., with the pro- at Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 99 118 0 that advances on stocks and shares shall con- 50 Aid. (It. W. of Ireland all - - tin 25 Do. 5 sh ares - - ue at 7 per cent. 25 Mid Kent - - We are informed that the Albion Bank (Limited) 180 t NoNorth British - - 100 1 l 525 631 h as purchased the old-established banking business at t Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 28 of Messrs. Challis and Son, of Smithfield and the ;5 Ntp ) . o, Eti t slel- p ß ur er o w a to s 100 atst D D o o L y e o e rk da 1015 1 4 Me tropolitan Cattle Market, and that the active h '''' '6. 10 1 0 3.4 1 6 -° 5 l l 6.1181 i 100 88 585 Partner will become the managing director of the ata North DC t r o l n i t e n . . .... 1 1 00 12 - 6 129 - 1275 new bank. 1 0 Do New The South Eastern Banking Company have taken s„ l ts. 4 f 1 ,1 o r a t n h d SlaiV l rd j e u ti n ir cion a ll 78 14 7 1 9 15 Iluitable premises at No. 12, Fenctturch-street l as et Soo . ttish Central their soot N. E., Aber. stook 100 41 43 London office, and will commence business at at Do Scot Mid. stock lOO 98 100 the different branches on Saturday, the 26th i nst., 1 0 1 Shrews. and_nion Welohpou, all - - 314 • Guildford, Farnham,, Godalming, Epsom l st st South Eastern Shropshire U South Devon ..... Al dershot, Chertsey, and Egham. Arrangements 4 South Wales - - are being ork. and River Dun 100 99 109 1 counties for opening other branches in the ' S. t% ', i,s. Y ines,Wok.,andWok all 6 5 6 4 co unties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire. 35 Stockton & Darlington all 87 38 ..- 25 Do l7 94 10 , ----- .;, BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. st Taff Vale.. ... ..... to Do B 8 5 7 GOYAR YESTERDAY. 10 Do C 3 3 4 P N MESIT FUNDS. so Ulster - - I Per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, April 8 - - ,„ 3 Per Cent. Reduced - .t Vale of Meath 891 f - Newrlew 3 per Cent _ 92 96 93 se Waterford & Kilkenny 100 , - - New 25 per Cent. Jan. 1891.. . - li.anutties, 30 yrs expire Bth Jan., 1880 - .t West Cornwall lOO '22 24 xx D oh itto for 30 yrs,st Iv. Hartlepool liar. &B lOO - - et West Midland -Oxford: 100 - equer Bills, expire sth April, 1885. - st Do Newport' 100 -__ Ditto £l,ooo, 24 & 3 per Cent. 7 dig £5OO .. - die ,t - Do Hereford 100 Ditto £lOO and £200 Bank England Stk, 4 , per Ct , last hf.-yr Shut Bittnsa POSSESSIONS. INrnix GOVERNMENT S . Closing p India Stock, EMT . RITIES. t4ar. ti4tltwaye Paid. Price. Business don: Ditto - lot( tilantle - & - St Lawrem , all 58 60 591 581 -,-, 5 per Cent. July 1570 .uitto Account, ... ' sk 1 tlom.,Baroda&.Cent itei to , 1034 1031 1035 1 Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 - 984 ( GIL 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New . ..... •-• • • 8 P 1 P Ditt Do Ce r tifi cates - 2 0 Do. E. Shares Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... - °Ol Buffalo and LaKe Huron all 55 6 1 0 Do. Preference Daze° 5 , per Cent., Jan. 1872. .. ____, 1 1; „ ui per Cent., May, 1879 S p. ot. bda. Aug. 1, .18,'". `"0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 - .00 Do. do. .luly 1, 187. , ;0!, - - _. t Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 984 1 too :_)o. do. Juut , 1, lb. -1 lOC - - .. 1 ,- ) ,!t 0 Bonds£l,ooo - dis at Cleutta.&S.Easto. (1.; i 100 10; 104 1034 24 Jiltto under £1,000.. - dis at Cape Town & Dock Seri, 100 102 104 lob} FO REIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES . stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. , 100 105 106 kuit .um stack Last Indian 20 Do. do. . 1.. eu. sp. c. too 1045 1011 ' 104/ 5 r Bonds, 5 p er C en t .. - V Ext..... 15 BrazillatiD6itto 1859 I it), - 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 per Cent Ditt olB 39 and 1859 ..... - --stock Grand trunk of Canada ttA. 19 20 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds.. ali 74 76 Ditto , 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 58 62 4 5 per Cent 1852-58-60 - 100 Do. Id Fret. Bonds.. all 66 68 , Ditto 'Atte s • 1863. B9l i 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 51 63 Sue p, crip, £55 paid - pm 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock ... all 43 50 !!. 0 8 Ayres 6 per Cent - 100 Do. do. deferred.- . all 40 Et Dit to;! 1 : Account - 100 Do. 4th Fret. stook,.. all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred...-. all 22 t 5 Cub t° 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - stook GLlndiaremn.gua.sp.c IN 103 104 101 35 ,a, 6 per Cent. - 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 .4 4 / Colombian - dis Li l a. 11 6 Scrip £BO pd - Do. January, 1862 .. - - - lan 6 per Cent. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim - nitt A I t ealil3 o . - z pet Cent. - :.;uaranteed 5 per cent. too 1025 1035 1034 (itic, " (1,,.. 3 per , Cent., 1825 ... - 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 91 ! 205 Do. New .4 /7 t Y' r ewernsolidated, 1 per Cent.. - 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 Ts P Mil 7 Cent .. 1004 100 Do. 55 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 83 86 ( . 1 ' 404 . Second Issue - 10 Indian. Branch Limited 2 l o ut 03 24 sire e k n. 0 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons - stook Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 let 1025 ....otto Account IDitto Coupons - stook De. 4s d 0........ 100 92 94 ) . 4. , - 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - ll _ 1!.0 Account - stock llelb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. iv - - b . :ten:Ml6 5 per Cent. .. - 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 58 k oo `np per Uent.(Maremmana Railway) - 100 Do. 7p. c. 51ortg. Bds. all - - b,t,, t rut Imperial 6 per Cent - 20 Newßr iwswick a Cand,: Class A and B. all 8 6 1.,„all $ per Cent - N.ll.l.C'da6 po tat f bds 100 82 14 x,•`-'l,lO Account.... .levit Granad Ditt o 2 a • stock Do. Delhi .. el •- ~,, per Cent. - 20 Do. d 0.......... >::, E,• 2 4 ip Ditto per - at Do. Punjaub , L all 1021 1031 Do. De. ......... I f t , Ho - - 1,, Land Land Warrants (Hectares) - stock Do. indus.St. Flo.) k 100 ,97 99 98 6 41 1 '111 45 per Cent - 3 per Cent. •- Prsi.tto° 45 per Cent., 1862 - „,.uitto Account . ^ - • ~.bev. o p.C.J B. ~.1 uI: - - , 1577-84 ......... ..... 1! '. 101 103 102 101 r Z t . li guess 3 per Cent., 1853 - ; Do. 6p. c. Feb. & 'Am_ le. 100 :92 tlitto Account .. - - : Do. ri p. c. Mar.& Sept. 10e 99 :01 Ditto 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 - - I Do. Ip. o. Jan.driuly. 10, 88 au SS 4 Ditto Acunt 485 1 - I Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 88 00 b ultto Scrip (1863) £3O paid .. - pal - ' ( 'ape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1870 let, .106 108 ""' 4 ,,Uian 5 per Cent., 1822, ISt - Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 110 112 '"itto 41 per Cent.. 1850 - - Do. isvt, loc, I'l ;13 MI - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10J 109 lit Ditto 3 per Cent 185ta - - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p e 10.- 112 114 8 , 1) qto 6 per Cent, 1862 904 - Mauritius 8 per cent .. 100 106 108 .*: - flinl an „ u per Cent - - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 108 110 B u itio Account - - N.B.Gov . 6 p.o. J adtr.f ul) 10( •01 103 - ../o. 6p. e.Ap. &00(. lot - - Ditto f eb 3 per Cent - -- N. S.W. G ov. 5 p J., 11i , 10 99 100 ~ Account - -• Du. sp. c.,18‘. to t• t 100 99 10 - 995 ',ltt: o New Deferred - - Do. d0.,1888 &upwde let. 99 100 911 100 .unto Account - New Zealand 6 p cent, too 108 110 _ Ditto p . N eva'Scotia Gov. 6P. c. stri,N. passive , to Account ....11,, a h - Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 - - 1974 oitt C , ert. of Coup not funded - - s.Aus G 0 p.c.1873.&up.. 100 10) 11l evi,ecto Account 135 1 _ Vlo.Gov. 6 p.e. Ja.&July fot , - - Di t t o 4 per Coat. - - Do. to alto. A.1).&00L. 100 1115 1121 1111 121 __ _ T ue.. , 0 Account .. - BRITISH MIN ES. Ditto 6 per Cent 1854 _ - , Acc ount • ti i t ti to 6 per - 2 , Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 5 id Cent. 1858 - - ulfliord Amalgamated.. - 835 164 - ; I >even G. Cone. "ravist., I 555 n 6 i oi t ` ° Account - - 'East. Bassett (Illogan).. 30 70 75 Ditto to, 1100 Bonds 745 - !East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - - d Ditto per Cent. 1862 - East! Caradon ...... .... '014. , 30 37 ,uitto 6 - 714 - lie:list Cara. 8rea........ 3.4.,! 64 71 7 "Itto Account £lOO Bonds.. - E. ‘V'lltussel(Tavistk. 8.9.0 31 41 711 btillio 6 per Cent, 1863 - .Gam.&St.Autryn(Gwen 5B, 10 11 - ;Great South Tolgus.... I7s 4 41 - `14,.,_40 G uaranteed, 4 per Cent- U. Wheal Voralelston 40 37 35 V 5 Vilela 3 per Cent. - - 'Grenville itt o t„, _Account - ilercd's-Foot .. 8.12 15 37 ) .. )',I c, 6 per Cent.~lB62 26 44 1 '.., Account - Lady Bertha - Margaret /any - Marke Valley,. Lein t 2.8,0 6 4 eigi Dividends on the above payable in Loud u b14 1:1 4 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f 994 4 myno. - $ Iron Ore (Lim. 25 14 1 d b it 2 i per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull - - NeW Setup - • .lortli Downs 9 8,) 95 141 15 2 It a i i t ° 4 per Cent. Certificates - A.Wll'.l liaesettlllo4an 3.1. e 2 25 pien per Cent 1861, E 25 itt o A _ ~ .x. francs., - -.. North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 41 51 th,..,Account 674 - Car Consols (St. Blazey, , - - p er . 4 - 2,orttese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f - ttovidence(Uny Lelnt.l 10.6.7 41 48 "an Dollar Bonds, 45 per Ct. Ex. 4s. - - South earadon(St.Cleer 14 440 660 - S. Carn Brea (Illo gan ).. a - - 00._ si THREE O'CLOCK. - .Wheai Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 50 55 C onsol s m oney 915 a - Stray Park 3 0 .17 ,6' 32 34 Ditto April Account . . ... 911 4 - ramar Silv.,SD Lead nth - - - fin Crort 2 19 20 _ _ 138,1,1,. - - Nest Basset (Illogan) ll 11 12 of England Return,.-Last Evening ' - West Seton - vil C: radon (Liskeard, 5 20 22 •• • . 475 2t5 25 - Wheal Basset (111o,cm 5* 575 925 An A Ro ifatiij 10 31 37 .Lelaur) 20 6 - - tap. 3 2 ce ount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, - heal 8u11er ( ( ,,,. - wheal Kitty p 1 i k „. ,for the week ending on. Wednesday, the 23d day - WhealLud. o ft —arch, 1864:- - Wheal naryAnnt,:fien.) ti 134 141 I NOtes i ISSUE DEPARTMENT. - Whe , :. ! Beton . 584 190 195 - W t'.eal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 24 - ‘ BBlle4 ••••••...128.352,130, Government Debt 111,015,1C0 1 - '..aleal Union , 3.17 2/ 24 I Other Securities .. 3.634.900 -.. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. NU B i Belled .•-+• .£28.352,130 Government Debt .£11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,702,130 Silver Bullion .... 428,352,130 £ 2 8,312,130 pro BANGING nANZING DEPAItimENT. tali . ""t. Cap). Government Seen hest ............. £ 14, 553.000 rities (including P tiblijr_Z.: .. ji ..... 3,8 73,862 Dead WeightAn eindlliellxsegn: nuity) 511,273,114 quer, SavingZ' Banks, Commi Other Securities 2 6 0 ; 74 9 4 5 2 : 42 9 2 09 Notes kissioners of Na- Gold and Silver 747.071 tl° nal Debt, and Coln Dividend Ac oPounts) .......... aeteeiir De pits• •-- 12 . 9 :i 4 0 ,3 Z °ther Bil Y a nd ' la ...... 509,765 /larch 24, 1864. 441 .24.8% PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 98i 8 great Western, Birmingham gua. stook, 74} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, London, Chatham, ex., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per oent. 10111 LINES LEASED Af FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 956 Loudon and Greenwich, 62 London, Tilbury, and bouthend, 996 Midland Bradford pret. stock, 9.i Nottingham and Grantham It. & G,, 93111 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gum. 7 per cent., 171 161 Great Luxembourg, iti Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), lti Recite and. San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per Cent.,'' 161 San Paulo (bra.), gua. 7 per cent, S Ditto (a11),:21 £41,257,801 ,RSHALL, Chief Cashier. Bank of England, 1864. FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Um., 1202 Cobra Copper, 33 43 East del Rey (lim.), ; St. John del Rey (Ra), 50 19 United Mexican (lira;, 7 Yudanaututana of S. Australia, lim., 3; JOINT-STOCK BANKS. &gra and United Service (Urn.), 1231 &mance 501 Anglo Austrian. 6; Anglo-Italian, limited, 55 Australasia, 75 Bank of Egypt, 28 Dank of i .tago, lira., 41 5 Bank of Queensland (l1m), 201 Bank of New Zealand, 156 Brazili in and 1 .: - ortuguese, Um., 8 Chartered 'sank of India, Australia, and China, 451 Consoliilated Bank, lim., 105 East London, lim., new, issued at I 6 pin, 43 English and Irish (lim.), 15E3 English, Soo. ch, and Australian Chartered, 211 English and Swedish, inx, 125 European Bank, Urn., 101 10 91 104 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 335 Ditto, Dew. I;sued at 2pm .1 104 Im Peri s .;lift.uk (lint.), 35i i I nw"..rial Ottoman, 10; band Mortgage Bank of India, lien., 34 London Bank of Scotland. lim.. 151 1 London and Brazilian aim), 595 9 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 55 Leuelon Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 5 London and County, 595 4 60. 59) London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch., lien., 154 11 London Joint stock, 41 London and South-Western (Um.), 15 London and Westminster:7Bl; 601 2 1 Merchant Bank, lira, 14 3 6 14 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lien.), 26j 7 64 New South Wales, 5 , 3 1 Oriental Bank Corporation. MI Provincial of Ireland, 915 Scinde, Punjaub, and Deihl, 11111.,!111 I Ditto, new, 11 Union of Australia, 56 Union of Ireland (lint.), 193 Union of London, 46 5 Berlin Wat er Works WmMISCEL .. 84LANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 105 Commercial Union (Insurance), 93 Contract Corporation, Wu., 61 7 Ole following 18 th e H ouse Li st o f t h e G overnors and lletters of the Bank of England for the ensuing year :---, ir FOR GOVERNORS. 1 14 k tnan Daniel Hod , son , Esq. Governor. Z—erkrY L ancelot Holli'and, Esq., 'Deputy-Governor. ho ttla , FOR. DIEV2cToRS. 'gear . 8 ' a ling, Esq. Ite4Y.Wollaston Blake Esq. John jo Benjamin Geiiibran a He H at a h l , ab E ar s d q ; 3,0417 liaise Berens, iso, Esq. TrsveWillialn Birch, E. 4. Thos. Newnan Hunt, Esq. Ar th 1.8 thizton, Esq. Alfred kehh4rEdwd.Cauapb ell Esq. George Lyall, Esq. 111' e/1 C aye, Bea ell, Thomas Masterman, Esq. V 4 4,,, lain Cotton, A N Alexander Matheson, Esq. ilPs Pattison f Jar 4 rie . Esq. Jam.s Morris, Esq. I.eo3,Pin,l3ue'LGreene, Eq, Sheffield Neave, Esq. tena e ° a ? hires Goachen, Esq. Geor,geWarde Norman, Esq. Ala ° -.."3"e-i. Guthrie, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, T: °11 liankey, Esq. Eeq. hel d e :sectio n for Go vernor and Deputy-Governor will be b iz., '4 the Bank on Tuesday, the sth April tlic, 4e noon till 4on Wedesday, the rnoo 6th next April, fro m 10 o'clock for V, 4n i n the a fte. UONVICT DELANY.--COMMUTATION OF Ne . R.- On Thursday morning the gov..-rnor of the kh_ eceived an official communication b:orn his Excellency !Pitrefit Lor,l-Lieirenant stating that he had been pleased to the sentence of death passed on Mary Ann Delany at laBt assizes here. The communication further stated 4 0 tb :e4tence would be commuted to transportation for life. ce of this was immediately conveyed to the prisoner. atelqord is thus spared the doubly painful spectacle of the t 4, 24ti e0 of a female. The remission of the capital sen t% -c was pretty generally anticipated, more, however, on thealThlod that the prisone r was a female, and that, de,tr saue e nough, her intelligence was of the lowest 4 4 from an y sympathy w i t h the crivainal herself. crfoi'd Conseitz(tion, THE MTN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1864, MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. Credit Fonder, 10i 10 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 51 2 Electric Telegraph, 102 Financial Corporation, 55 2 Gen. Credit and Finance 01 London, lira., 81 General Steam Navigation, 251 Hudson's Bay, 19 international Financial Society, 11 12 Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, lim., 71 Joint stock Discount, Bin., 61 Land Securities, lira., 4g London Financial Association, lint, 262 London General Omnibus Company, 21 Loudon Alercautile Discount, lira., 54 Londn Provincial Marine, 35 Aladras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all),' 201 1 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lira., 2i Mercantile Credit Association, lira., 131 National Discount Company, lira., Ditto, new, 4 Oriental Gas (lim.), Ditto, new, I Oriental Inland Steam, Ern., 31 ft Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, Dit o, new, 51 t Rio dk Janeiro City Improvements, Ditto (4), 4,1 Societe Financiere d' Egypte, lim„ 5 Universal Marine (Insurance), lint„ The Volunteer Review on Eastern Monday. It is now understood that the movements on Monday next will be rendered additionally attrac tive by the presence of a cavalry force, probably consisting of a couple of squadrons of the 13th Hus sars and an equal number of the Ist Royals. A narrower survey of the ground has shown that there is a second road leading to the Heath, known as Great Tangley-lane, which can be made avail able for the approach and departure cf the Volun teers—a point of no minor importance in handling a force approximating in numbers to 16,900 men. A feature of entire novelty in this review at Farley heath is that the opposing sides, as far as previous arrangements can insure, will be of equal strength. In all mimic engagements hitherto it has been usual either to " suppose" the enemy altogether, or else to indicate his position merely by a few skirmishers and a couple of light field-pieces. Upon Monday next, on the contrary, it is hoped and expected thet the defending force wilt be called on to meet a for 7,000 or 8,000 strong. To make up this total all country corps arriving from the eastern districts will be brigaded with the Volunteers who have travelled from London-bridge. The provincial corps from western districts will in like manner be added to the metropolitan Volunteers who come, via Waterloo, from the West-end. The effect of a field day up on such a scale, above all on a plateau so charmingly situated es that which the exertions of Lord Truro have procured for the occasion, cannot fail to be very striking. The plan of battle, as finally arranged by Lieutenant-General Sir J. Pen nefather and Colonel M'Murdo, is that the enemy's force, consisting of four brigades, shall be drawn up in a double line, having its guns in the centre, and remained concealed for a time behind a wood at the south-eastern extremity of the Heath. The defending army, similarly arrayed, but in more scattered order, and having outposts in its front, will occupy the other and nearer side of the Heath. The enemy, having ahown himself unexpectedly, will preeeeed to deliver a feigned attack upon the right of the defending army, which, as in actual warfare, will strengthen the point assailed at the expense of its other wing. Perceiving, or, more prob Ably, calculating on this, the real attack of the enemy will then be delivered on the left of the de• fending army, which will be compelled, as stated yesterday, to execute a change of front, and with this the evolutions will be brought to a close. Pro visions has been made for casualties, should any un fortunately occur ,by sending an ambulance waggon and two bell tents from Aldershott. GENERAL ORDERS. The commanding officers of the metropolitan corps of which the attendance at the review has been sanctioned, should make their arrangements so as to insure the punctual arrival of their respective corps at the railway station at the hours which have been already notified. The commanding officers of the country corps of which the attendance has been sanctioned, must make their arrangements with the railway authori ties so as to reach Shalford Common, near Black heath, not later than ten a.m. Whilst proceeding through the streets of the metropolis to the railway station, commanding cfficers are to be careful in keeping their corps from overlapping any corps that may be in their front; and they must arrange their order of march so as to keep the thoroughfares clear. When a corps arrives within 100 yards of the railway station its band must cease playing. With a view to avoid confusion at the metropoli tan railway stations, a corps is not on any account to approach within one hundred yards of the station, unless it is properly told off, and prepared to enter the carriages on reaching the platform. in regular military formation, nor until the commanding officer has his warrant correctly filled up, and ready for delivery to the collector at the gate. Neither is a corps to attempt to enter the station should it arrive there, whilst another corps is engaged in entering. In such a contingency, it must halt until the en d I trance is clear. The directions of the staff officers at the railway stations are to be promptly obeyed. Commanding officers must bring with them to the review field states of their respective corps, prepared according to the annexed form. In the case of an infantry corps which is joined with others in a battalion on this occasion, the field state is to be handed to the officer commanding the battalion, to enable him to make out a field state for the whole battalion. The field states of the field batteries of artillery will be given to the brigade majors of the R9yal Artillery; those of the battalions of infantry will be given to the brigade-majors of the brigades to which they respectively belong. The whole of the field states will be subsequently collected by an assistant inspector of volunteers. No company is to be of less strength than 24 files, or of greater strength than 02 files. The number of company officers accompanying the troops is to be strictly limited to three for each company. It ie desirable that battalions should be made up to 6 companies, but no battalion of less than 4 com panies will on any account be allowed. The rank and file of the infantry should be provided with blank ammunition at the rate of 20 rounds per man. Ammunition in proportion of 50 rounds per gun will be served out to the field batteries on the ground. It is recommended that every Volunteer should be provided with a haversack (worn over the right shoulder), and a water bottle, and that he should carry with him his provisions for the day. It is most desirable that each should have a cloak, cape, or greatcoat. Uniformity of pattern may be dis pensed with on this occasion, provided the garments are folded neatly and carried in the same way by each corps. Officers commanding battalions will give the order for their men to cloak when necessary. On reaching its destination by the railway, each corps will, on leaving the carriages resume its mili tary formation, and proceed at once to Shalford Common, where th.l fores will be arranged in bri gades and divisions. The battalions from Waterloo, and from Surrey, Hants, and Barks will ba brigaded on the western part of the common, facing the north, the right resting on the road to Blackheath. These, with a proportion of artillery, will constitute the Ist divi sion. The battalion from London•bridge, Kent, and Sussex will be brigaded in the order of their arrival at the eastern extremity of Shalford-common, in columns at quarter distance right in front, also facing the north, and, with the rest of theartillery, will compose the 2d division. After a short halt to refresh the men, each bri gade will move off independently. The brigades of the Ist division will proceed by the road leading pia Old Tangley, and be brought into position by staff officers on reaching the plateau. The brigades of the 2d division will move byLittle Tangley Farm and Pitillip's-lane, and pursue their march directly to the eastern extremity of the heath. Officers commanding batteries of position will be careful to move their guns on to the heath early in the morning of Monday ; they are not to leave Shalford later than eight o'clock. The light bat teries must also precede the march of the infantry from Shalford at least one hour. Phillip's-lane, by . which the guns will be taken, is narrow and some what steep, and the road leading on to the heath is, for a quarter of a mile, heavy with sand. At the conclusion of the field-day, should the general in command require the force to march past him, the movement will commence from the right of the first division. After passing the general the first brigade will at once take the road to Guild ford, where the trains will be ready for the return journey. The other brigades of this division wil follow as far as Shalford Common, where they will occupy their original ground, but facing the south, and pile arms. These brigades will move on in suc cession to Guildford, under the direction of a staff officer, with an interval of 40 minutes between each brigade. A small field near the station will be ap propriated for their accommodation, and from this field battalions will be drawn in succession to the trains. which will leave every 10 minutes. The 2d division will occupy its original ground on Shalford Common, but facing the south, and will be drawn to the trains in succession of battalions from the right, under the direction of a staff officer. Volunteers who are not with their corps will not be admitted to the volunteer trains until all corp s that are in military formation have left, and they will then be charged full fare for the return jour ney. _ _ _ At the conclusion of the field day arms are to be examined, and surplus ammunition collected from the pouches, in accordance with Article 108 of the Volunteer Regulations. An officer of competent rank is to remain in com mand of every corps, and each company must be in charge of an officer. Volunteer officers in command of brigades are requested to wear a crimson silk scarf or sash over the left shoulder, to distinguish their rank. Upon the order being given for the force to march past the general, one band from each brigade is to be sent to the saluting paint, where they will be arranged in, consecutive order by a staff officer, for the purpose of playing while their respective bri gades pass. The remaining bands will march at the head of their own battalions without playing. As it is intended that the force shall be divided into attacking and defending divisions, of nearly equal strength, in order to prevent accidents officers and non-commissioned officers must not allow opposing parties to approach within 100 yards of one another. By order of the Secretary of State for War, War Offiee, March 24, 1864. M. M‘Mußpo. DISTRIBUTION OF THE FORCE. Lieut General Sir J. L, PENNEFATHER, K,C.13., Com- manding Aides de Camp—Lieut Colonel P. Bayley, Captain A, C. Boyle, V.C., and Lieut D. H. Docherty Assistant Adjutant Ganeral—Col J. W. Armstrong, C. 8.• Deputy Assistant Adjutant General—Captain W. G. Lock hart Assistant Quartermaster General—Lieut Col the Hon. H. H, Clifford, V.C. Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General—Capt P. A. A. T wynam Colonel Simmons, C,8., Royal Engineers Colonel Gambier, C. 8., Royal Artillery Captain W. S. M. Wolfe, R.A., Brigade Major Colonel Buchanan, Royal Artillery FIRST DITISION. Major General D. Russell, C. 8., Commanding; Major R. C. Stewart, Aide de Camp Ist Brigade--Lieut Col Viscount Ranelagh ; Captain Heron Maxwell, 15th King's Hussars, Aide de Camp; Captain Wayell, 41st Foot, Brigade Major 2d Brigade—Lieut Col Lord Elcho 3d Brigade—Lieut Col Earl Grosvenor, Cornet Maclean, Royal Dragoons, Aide de Camp; Lieut and Adjutant Hawkes, 37th Foot, Brigade Major 4th Brigade—Lieut Col Lord Radstock ; Lieut Raven, let Middlesex Artillery Volunteers, Aide de Camp; Lieut Adjutant Moseley, 2d battalion 60th Royal Rifles, Brigade Major Corps in First Division, showing the Battalion Organisation of the Infantry : Ist Administrative Brigade, Sussex Artillery Volunteers, 372 ; guns, six 18 pounders Ist Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps, 195; guns, four 18 pounders Ist Brigade, Hants Artillery Volunteers, 540 Ist Brigade Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, 172; 2d Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps, 92 ; 2d Surrey Artil lery Volunteer Corps, 146; Ist City of London Artillery Volunteer Corps, 133; let Tower Hamlets Artillery Vo lunteer Corps, 40-595 Ist Middlesex Engineer Volunteer Corps, 300 ; let City of Lyndon Engineer Volunteer Corps, 160; Ist Hants En gineer Volunteer Corps, 81-541 7th Haute Volunteer Corps, and 36th Middlesex Volun teer Corps, 434 Ist Middlesex (Victoria) Rifle Volunteer Corps, 254 , 18th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 46; 47th Middlesex Rifle Vulunteer Corps, 33 333. 2d Middlesex (South) Rifle Volunteers Corps, 437 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 434 9th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 214 15th Middlesex (London Scottish), RitleVolunteer Corps, 306 19th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 466 21st Middlesex (Civil ServiceßifleVolunteer Corps), 200; 38th Middlesex Rifle Vo lunteer Cor ps , 81-281 22d Middlesex (Quee n ' s) Rifl e Volunteer Corps, Ist battalion, 372 tal2io2nci 11ddlesex , 46th Middlesex Rifle Volunt eer Corps, 330 ; 2d City of London Rifle Volun teer Corps, 136 _ 466 2d Administrative Battalion Rifle Surrey Volunteers, and 12th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps-344 let Administrative Battalion, Surrey Rifle Volunteers, 378 3d Administrative Battalion, S urrey Rifle Volunteers, 42 ;2 Volunteer Corps, 440 Rifl e e ants Rifle Volunteer; and Ist and 101 Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps, 386 Corps, 561 t72 3 dt i ahn A A'ddl m 92m i tci n hill : li g iali t Sat ra n:l t at i St V 2iVll3 !B fißS : Lia t V t tr a trla;ly.loiminoßnHtee a t lats Rifle Volunteer Corps, and 13th, 15th, 16th, and 18th Ha nts Rifle Volunteer Corps, 623 Tots], 0,412 SECOND DIVISION, Major General R. Rumley, Commanding; Major R. G. Ellison, Aide-de -Camp; Colonel A. Alison, C.B. Ist Brigade—Lieut Col Lord Colville; Major Turnbull, 18th Hussars, Brigade Major 2d Brigade—Lieut Col Bigge; Capt Butler, 87th Cape Maclean, Rifle Bri gade, Brigade Major the Battalion Organisa tion Brigade—Lieut Col Viscount Bury; Capt Lewis, 38th four 6• pounders and Adju- FMoiodtd,lßesreixgadße.AVia. jo C r ., Aide-de-Camp; Ensign showing thlnfantry. g B a 7 d t eh—L Foot,i etl t B C r i o g l a l‘ d l e a i‘ c o ld; aj tan 4 t th Co ß x r , Co H rp o s n i . n Horse Artillery, 30, two 6- pounders A: redteioolln.edry FieldD c iv ioo i asni Batter;; o n ain y 743, 3d Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps, 267; four 18- pounders and four 24-pouaders Hon. Artillery Company, 300 2d Administrative Battalion Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, 476 26th Middlesex Rifle Volunteerps, 114; 37th Mid dlesex Rifle Volunteer Corp, 256— r 37 Co 0 11th Middlesex (St. George's) Rifle Volunteer Corps, 400; 13th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 43--143 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer rps, 300 Co 28th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteer Corps, 454 29th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 352 ; 48th Mid dlesex (Havelock) Rifle Volunteer Corps, 208-550 39th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps. 33 5 40th Middlesex Rifle Volunieer Corps, 400 Ist Administrative Battalion Sussex Rifle Volunteers, 323 2d Administrative Battalion Sussex Rifle Volunteers, 442 Ist Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 254 2d Administrative Battalion Essex Rifle Volunteers, 450 3d Administrative Battalion Essex Rifle Volunteers, and 4th City of London Rifle Volunteer Corps, 388 Ist Administrative Battalion Sent Rifle Volunteers, 6th Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps, and 2d Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps, 401 Ist City of London Rifle Volunteer Brigade, 694 3d City of London Rifle Volunteer Corps, 405 Ist Administrative Battalion Tower Hamlets Rifle Vo lunteers, 737 2d and Bth Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps, 405 4th and 6th Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps, 328 Total, 8,695 VOLUNTEER. STATE. Col Wislurdo, C.B. Inspector General, and Col Erskine, Deputy Inspector, with the Lient General Commanding Col C. Morris, C B„ Assistant Inspector of Volunteers (Waterloo Station) Lieut Col R. G. Lnard, do (Shalford Station) Lieut Col C. B. Ibbetson, do (London Bridge) Lieut Col G. Hume, do (Guildford) Lieut Col G. B. Harman, do (Shalford Common) Lieut Col Manners, do (Slialford Common) By order of the Secretary of State for War. War Office, March 24, 1864. M. M'Munno. THE LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS. —The members of the Water Committee of the Liverpool Corpora tion, aceom anied by their engineer, visited their reservoirs at Riving ton on Wednesday. The whole works were ex amined thoroughly, and found to ha in a perfectly safe and satisfactory condition, • Railway and other Companies, MARLBOROUGH. The ordinary general meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at the offices, Victoria-street, Westminster; Lord Ernest Bruce in the chair. The report of the directors stateil that the line was nearly ready for public traffic. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the line would, no doubt, be opened on the Ist of April next, Mr. PRICE seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was agreed to, and the proceedings termi nated with a vote of thqnks to the chairman. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. The report of the directors states that the gross receipts of the railway for the second half of ISG3 amounted to £116,564, and the next earnings to £63,341, against £115,834 gross earnings for the second half of 1862, and £63,574 net receipts; and against £98,359 gross receipts for the second half of 1851, and £56,286 net earnings. While the gross receipts for the second half of 1833 had exceeded those of the same half of 1861 by £18,215, and of 1862 by £1,231, the net earnings of 1863 were inferior to those of 1862 by £233. The diminution was explained by an increase of £537 in the amount paid for Belgian Government duty. The proportion of the working expenses to the gross receipts was 45/ per cent. There was every reason to believe that the Ourthe Railway would be entirely completed by the let of January, 1866. T►he directors propose a dividend of ss, per share, leaving £1,117 to the credit of revenue. SAMBRE AND MEUSE, The traffic receipts on this line for the month of February amounted to £5,310, and the expenditure to £1,797, leaving a balance of £2,613. The receipts for the corresponding month of 1863 amounted to £5,768 and the expenditure to £3,273, leaving a balance of £2,495. NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR LOCHEE.—Some months ago the Rev. Mr. Davidson, of St. Clement's Catholic Church, Lochee, purchased the present Parochial Lodging-house, with its plot of ground, as a site for a new Catholic church and presbytery. Since that time plans have been prepared, and other arrangements for the new building, with the result that operations will be commenced for its erection in a very few weeks. The plans have been designed by Mr. J. A. Hansom, of London, and are of a mixed Gothic style. The church is designed to contain 1,000 persons comfortably seated ; and as it will have a nave and aisles divided by rows of pillars, it will have more the appearance of a cathedral in miniature than of an ordinary " chapel," Tho altar will be one of the most splendid in Scotland ; and, whether the richest or not, it will at all events be one of the most architecturally beautiful. Above the sacred table there v% ill rise a tapering tower on Gothic arches, elabo rately adorned with shafts and pinnacles, niches, ice. This tower will have very much the appearance of Sir Walter Scott's Monument in miniature, and will form a most im posing termination to the pillared vista from the entrance of the church. It will cost several hundreds of pounds. The northern end of the church will be terminated by a ccuple of towers in a style corresponding with that of the building. To the south-east of the church will be the Presbytery. or clergyman's house. It will be a large two etorey building, of modified Gothic, and will be very conve nient both in situation and arrangements. It will front the High-street, and be an ornament to it, The cost of it and the church, when both are completed, will very likely not be much less than £6,ooo.—Dundee Advertiser. ANOTHER FIRE AT THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CORK.—On Wednesday night a Ere broke out in the western wing of the Queen's College, the same that was previously burnt. It is stated the fire originated from some embers left by the workmen, but great excitement and doubt exist as to the cause. At 12 o'clock the fire was got under before any great amount of damage was done,— Cork. Daily Herald. THE MURDER AT HARTLEPOOL.—Another man has been apprehended in Hartlepool on suspicion of being implicated in the murder of the old man, Harrison, near that town, The inquest was opened on 'Wednesday, and several witnesses were examined, but the evidence, so far as it has proceeded, does not seem to have any decided bearing on any of the three men in custody. No verdict, however, has yet been returned by the jury.—Newcastle Chronicle. MELANCHOLY DEATH FROM BURNING.—On Tuesday evening last a shocking death from burn ing occurred at Bulwell, Notts. It appears that a few evenings previous a man named Thomas Bradbury, who was subject to fits, and lived alone, while in a fit fell into the fire. He managed to get into bed, and the next morn ing the neighbours were alarmed by hearing groans proceed from his house, They burst open the door and found him dreadfully burnt about the head. Medical assistance was procured, but he died on Tuesday night, Deceased was about 29 years of age. THE MYSTERY ABOUT VOLTAIRE'S BONES EX. - PLAINED.—T b ere was an idea, started a short tune since, of transferring his heart from its present place to his coffin, The Archbishop of saris raised some difficulties when appealed to, and finally declared that there had always been a tradition afloat among the clergy that neither Vol taire's nor Rousseau's body was in the Pantheon any longer; and this tradition has been found fully confirmed on the opening of the c,,flias, which took place the other day. It is not unlikely that (and so the story goes), when, in 1814, the Royalists came into power again under Louis, the graves were opened clandestinely and the remains of the two hated philosophers, who were considered the originators of the French Revolution, were ejected therefrom and thrown into a ditch near Bercy. The precise locality, how ever, where the two arch- toes now peacefully rest together is unknown. How many of our readers have paid the beadle of St. Genevieve his fee fur his showing them the two empty graves ?—Thet Reader. THE INTRODUCTION OF MAHOGANY INTO ENG LAND is somewhat curious. It is said that about a hundred years ago:the brother of an eminent physician, who was a West Indian captain, brought over as ballast some planks of mahogany. The physician, Dr. Gibbons, being at that time in process of building himself a house in King street, Covent Garden, his brother presented them to Irm ; but the workmen finding the wood very hard, laid it aside as useless. After a time, his wife requiring a candle-box, the doctor desired a carpenter in Long-acre to make one of the wood lying by. He also complained of its being too hard to work, but the doctor insisted upon his getting stronger tools, and the candle-box was made. It was highly approved of, and a bureau was next made of the same wood, the colour and polish of wh:ch were so fine that the doctor invited his friends to inspect it. Amongst these was the Duchess of Buckingham, who begged for some of the wood, And employed the same cabinetmaker to manufacture a bureau for her. From this the reputation of both the workman and the wood were much raised, and by degrees mahogany came into general use. The wood previously employed was principally oak. Holinshead tells us that in Queen Elizabeth's time "the people slept on straw pallets with a log of wood for a pillow." DESCRIPTION OF THE SHANSPERE TERCENTE NARY RIBBON BADGE (manufactured by Messrs. Niulloney and Johnson, of Coventry).—lt is of the best silk ribbon, woven in the Jacquard loom. The badge is com posed of three lozenges, held together by a pretty button, bearing the coat of arms and crest of the Shakspere family, The lozenges have each a scalloped border, and each bears a separate device. The centre one bears the head of the poet (copied, we should say, from the Droeshout portrait), with the inscription, "Tercentenary, commemorated April 23, 186 t." The lozenge to the left has a representation of the house in which Shakspere was born, with the inscrip tion :—" Birthplace—Born, April 23-1564." The right hand compartment gives the church at Stratford, with the inscription, " Died—April 23 —Stratford-on-Avon, 1616." the elaborateness of the design may be imagined when we state that it requires not less than 14,000 cards to make up the Jacquard pattern. It is worked in blue, maroon, and other colours, so as to suit every taste, and it is to be hoped that it will meet with a ready sale, inasmuch as the profits accr uing are to be applied for the benefit of the distressed Coventry weavers. The badge is announced as manufac tured under the patronage and by the express sanction of the Stratford-upon-Avon and London Celebration Com mittees.—The Court Chronicle. THE CENT GARDES IRISH VOLUNTEERS FOR THE KING OF DENMARS.—The King of Denmark, says the Cork Examiner, has been compelled to decline the prof fered services of the chivalrous Cent Gardes, who were ready to prove their valour in the cause of right against might. The letter was enclosed to the gallant and learned author of the intended enterprise—or chief of the Cent Garde,s—in an envelope bearing the name of Gen. Knollys. It is as follows :—" Castle of Christiansberg, Copenhagen, Feb, 16, 1864: —The undersigned Grand Marshal of the Royal Courts d e puted by the King, his master, to thank Mr. O'Leary and his noble companions for their chivalrous offer. In the present situation of affairs the bravery of the Royal army will compensate for want of numbers. Never theless, his Majesty knows how to appreciate the noble idea of the brave Irish, both as King and as father of the dear Princess who has just given an heir to the throne of Eng land. May God watch over the destiny of your noble country, as over that of Denmark.—W. OXILOI2II.—M. O'Leary." SPINNING WITHOUT Tow.—At a communion in the west of Scotland, as a verbose preacher was addressing the congregation, one by one of his ministerial brethren dropped out of the chapel into the vestry. As the last one who left put his head into the vestry, those who preceded him inquired if the prolix speaker had not yet done with his address. 6. W e d," said he, " his tow's dune lang syne, but he's spinnin awa' yot."—Glasgow Gazette. The Echo de la Marne states that an accident occurred three evenings since near the station of Chelles, on the F. trasburg railway, which might have been attended with very serious consequences. As a farmer name d Proult, residing at Chalks, was returning home about eight o'clock in his tilbury, he stopped at a cafe near the station to light his lamps. During a momentary absence the horse started off, and got on the railway just as the mail train came up. The horse was killed and the carriage smashed, but no injury was done to the train, The Shaksperian Tercentenary Celebration at Stratford-on-Avon, On Saturday laet the contractors for the erection of the Great Pavilion (Messrs. Branson and Murray, of Birmingham), having completed their work in the interior, the artisans who had been employed upon the building were entertained therein to din ner, and about 120 workmen partook of the hospi tality of the committee. The building has now passed into the bands of the decorator (Mr. Brothers, of Leamington), under whose artistic skill the pavilion will, it is expected, be finally completed by the middle of April; but even now, in its compara• tively imperfect condition, it has a singularly im posing appearance, and, as will be seen by those visitors who aro invited to inspect it during the Easter week, when viewed from the south-east, gallery, possesses a magnitude and apprcpriateress of design unsurpassed by any building of a tem porary character that has ever been erected for a great national festival. On Saturday the chair was taken by the Mayor E. F. Flower, EQq.), and the arrangement of the tables was similar to that which will be observed at the commemoration banquet, at which the Earl of Carlisle will preside, on the 23d of April. Among those members of the committee present were the Rev. G. Granvile (vicar), the Rev. W. Morton (sub vicar), Dr. Kingsley, the honorary secretary, Messrs. R. H. Hobbes, Charles E. Flower, E. Flower, J. Cox, jan., W. Gibbs, J. Morgan, W. G. Colbourne, R. M. Bird, W. Thompson, W. F. Bolton, J. Atkin son, J. J. Nason, and J. S. Leaver. A number of ladies and gentlemen occupied the galleries. In acknowledging the toast of his health, the Vicar took the opportunity of expressing his high opinion of the excellent behaviour of the workmen engaged on the building, and the truly orderly way in which such a great work had been conducted. Infinite credit, he said, was due to them, and to show his own appreciation of their conduct, he in tended to provide special accommodation for them, so that they might take part in the services of the church during the Sunday of the festival week. The AIAYOR, in proposing the healths of the architects (Messrs. Thompson and Colbourne), said that ho had been assured, by a professional engi neer, that, as regarded the strength of the building, it was thoroughly trustworthy and safe. He wished that opinion to go forth to the public, so that the timid might have positive assurance of the com plete security of the pavilion. Iu fact he had beep told that the building was extra strong—too strong —in every part. It was excellent too for sound. All, he thought,could distinctly hear him in the building There was no necessity to raise his voice to a scream, nor to speak in undertone, but he could address them with ease in his ordinary tone of voice. The pavilion, too, was particularly good for the capabilities of conveying sound in a musical point of view, as they might judge by the performance of the excellent little band then in the orchestra, and with those accomplished artists who would be on the orchestra or the stage, and who could modulate their voices, the effect would be much improved, and they would be heard to the greatest advantage. This was most important and satisfactory to the public, to the artistes, to the inhabitants, and also to the com mittee, because it was no longer doubtful whether every one who took part in the musical and dramatic performanc m 3, or in the proceedings of the festival dinner, could be heard in every part of that large building without the slightest difficulty. At the committee meetiog on 'Wednesday last it was stated by the chairman (the Mayor), that William Creswick, Esq., who has already consented to perform the part of Jacques, in " As You Like had also acceded to a request that he would under take the arrangements for completing the cast of characters in that play, and superintending its per formance upon the stage. Explosion at a Royal Artillery Laboratory, ELEVEN MEN MEN KILLED. The Quebec Morning Chronicle, of the sth instant, just received, contains a long account of a disastrous explosion which had occurred at the Royal Artillery Laboratory he Quebec :—" In the middle of the day, without a moment's warning, 11 human beings were launched into eternity by the blowing up of the laboratory connected with the R rya.. Artillery Barracks,Quebec, three who were in the building at the time escaping almost by miracle, although severely injured. The building which was the scene of the ex plosion was a low stone erection of recent date, with walls of some three feet in thickness, and in every other re spect strongly built, situated within the enclosure known as the Lower Park. At the time of its destruction it was usel as a laboratory by the Royal Artillery in garrison. Within the same enclosure there is another building sur rpunded by a wall and used as a magazine. Immediately opposite the spot where the explosion occurred there is a long building used for the storage of field glens and heavy stores and tools. At 20 minutes to 12, persona throughout the Upper Town heard two slight explosions, followed by a terrific shock, which caused dwellings to vibrate to their foundations, and sent window glass, broken into minute fragments, flying in showers into the streets. It was only at a comparatively short distance from the scene of the disaster that the first shocks were heard ; but the grand explosion was terrific, and made itself felt far and near through out the city and its environs. The sound was short and sharp, but of intense loudness. The echoes which it caused to reverberate as the sound sped rapidly toward:• the heights on the opposite shores of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles, heightened the alarm. Persons who were in the streets and chanced to look upwards saw in the direc tion of St. John's Gate a volume of white smoke shooting straight up into the heavens, which in a moment wen darkened by the millions of fragments projected upward; with awful force, and driven far over the city in the direc tion of the river. In the streets the panic became general. Horses bolted in all directions from the carters' stands Pedestrians rushed in the direction of the supposed scene of the accident or ran frantically towards their homes. Fragments of stones, pieces of beams and joists, portions of the tin covering of the laboratory roof, artillery tools— aye, even the shrivelled shreds of the unfortunate victims had fallen into the streets within a few seconds after the great explosion. The debris came down in a shower, and b is only surprising that fatal injuries did not result from this cause. It appears the working party in the building wer e engaged in the duty of discharging or destroying defective fuses, and making new ones. There were 14 persons in the building at the time, viz., Captain Mahon, R.A,, fire master ; Corporal Brayshaw, the laboratory foreman; Mr. Hawkins, ordnance foreman ; Private Flanagan, 17th Re- giment ; James Doolan, ordnance labourer; and Gunners elorant, Russell, Bruce, Elmer, Finn, Lewis, Thompson, Baxter, and Burr, of the Royal Artillery. One of the men, it is steted, was immediately outside the door destroying a fuse, when instead of its contents discharging forward they discharged backwards, and ignited some of the powder inside. The first indication of danger to those inside the laboratory was the flash of the ignited powder, followed by an explosion. Gunner Morant, one of the survivors, raised his hands to his eyes and attempted to run to the door. The great explosion took place; ho lost consciousness, but was fortunately blown altogether clear of the building, where he was taken up alive, although suffering from injuries sus tained. Captain Mahon and Corporal Brayshaw were also blown out, and thus fortunately escaped death. Captain Mahon's escape was really wonderful. When found by the Ifirst persons who arrived on the spot, he was almost covered with debris. "Eleven men were killed by the explosion—Mr. Haw kins, foreman of the Ordnance Department, married ; James Doolan, ordance labourer, married; Private F. Flanagan, Ist battalion 17th Regiment ; Gunners—Russell , R.A., single; George Bruce, R.A., single; H. Elmer, R.A., sngle ; J. Finn, R.A., single; J. Lewis, R.A., married ; R. Thompson, R.A., married ; R, Baxter, It A., single ;J. Burr, R.A., single. Mr. Hawkins had been attached to the Ordnance Department for many years, and had long resided in this city, where he was well known and much esteemed. Private Flanagan was an intelligent and well-conducted soldier of the 17th, who was regularly working at the laboratory. All the men in the laboratory were first-class men. " The wounded are Captain Mahon, R.A., Corporal Brayshaw, and Gunner Morant , R.A. But besides these who were at the laboratory a large number of persons were injured slightly in the streets by the fall of fragments or the dashing out of pieces o f glass. One man, walking up St. John-street, was str uck by a piece of plank, and received a severe blow. Several of the children of the school house on the Esplanade had their heads and faces cut by the flying particles of glass dashed violently from the windows. Of the laboratory itself there is no longer the semblance of a building. There is a species of pit filled with heavy debris of the walls and roof ; but literally not a stone upon a stone. The outer door in the wall sur rounding the magazine was shattered and blown in; and the projecting eave of the building presented the appear ance of having been struck by some heavy body in its descent. All over the Lower Park, upon the giacis, and along the top of the rampart there were balls, shells, and other projectiles, heavy tools, mashed and wrenched out of all shape and half-buried in the snow. "The bodies of the victims presented a moat sickening spectacle—one which in loathsome horror can hardly be imagined. The fragments were gathered up in powder blankets, but in some instances it was impossible to decide to which body they belonged. " Such was the general smash caused by the concussion that business was suspended in St, John's-street, and the shutters were up on all the leading shops. Immense sheets of plate-glass were broken up into small pieces. Upper windows were smashed as with a shower of stones. Within the shops the ruin was still greater. Druggists' and perfumers' bottles and cases were thrown from their shelves ; lamp stores, crockery and glass ware stores, and groceries, also suffered severely, the brittle goods being in many cases consigned to one general ruin. "It is said that there were only seven kegs of powder in the laboratory, which had just been brought down for use. When such an amount of destruction was effected by this small quantity, what would it have been had the magazine taken fire ? It is said that there were 600 barrels of powder stored in this magazine, with 400 or 500 barrels of ammunition or other combustible material. Had that building taken fire we should this morning have had to record the most heartrending catastrophe that ever visited British North America." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, HOME CIRCUIT.—LEwEs, March 24. (Before Lord Chief Justice Erle.) TRAUDULENT CONDUCT OF A BANKRUPT. Richard Thomas Manser, 24, butcher, was charged, under the Bankruptcy Act, with having fraudulently dis posed of certain property after ho had been adjudicated a bankrupt, with intent to cheat and defraud his creditors. Mr. Roupell and Mr. Lumley Smith conducted the pro secution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Ribton. It appeared that the prisoner carried on a small business as a poulterer and pork butcher at Eastbourne, and that he also had some horses and flies, and in December last year ho petitioned the county court at Lewes, and was in due course adjudicated a bankrupt. The evidence clearly m a d e out that about two months before the bankruptcy he re moved a quantity of his furniture, and also some horses and flies, with a view to prevent them from coming into the possession of his creditors ; and that he had also applied to two persons named Yong and Goldsmith, in whose hands he had placed a portion of this property, to make out a pre tended debt with a view to justify them in holding the pro perty and preventing the creditors from selling it. The jury found the defendant guilty, and he was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment. CHARGE OP SHEEP-STEALING. John Leppard, 56, surrendered to take his trial upon a charge of stealing 28 sheep, the property of T. Souch. The jury returned a verdict a not guilty. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) MOSE AND WIFE V. TILE HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARD'S GAS COMPANY. This was an action to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffs through the negligence of the defendants. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Shaw were for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Sir G. Honyman, for the defendants. The plaintiffs sought to recover damages for injuries they had sustained in consequence of an explosion of gas that took place at St. Leonard's, December, 1862. It appeared that the plaintiff is 'a house agent and painter, residing at No, 20, London-road, St. Leonard's ; and that a short time before the explosion there had been a strong smell of gas observed about the premises, and he had applied to the company upon the subject. They sent a man to make an examination, but he did not consider there was any danger, and went away ; but very soon afterwards an explosion took place in the kitchen of the plaintiff's house, and also in one or two houses adjoin ing, the result of which was that the plaintiff and his wife received, as alleged, considerable personal injury. The explosion was represented to have been caused by the de tective state of the mainpipe conveying the gas under the road, and which had permitted an extensive leakage to take place. On the part of the company it was endeavoured to be established that there had been no negligence, and wit nesses were called who proved that the main pipes had been laid down new in 1861. The accident was also sought to be explained by the leakage of a water pipe that ran cleso to the gas service. It appeared, however, that during the negotiations between the parties, the company had ad mitted their liability to a certain extent, and had agreed to pay Mr. Mose the sum of £7 18s 9d for damage that hal been done to the house and for the injury he had himself received, and that they had suggested that any claim for injury sustained by his wife should stand over for further consideration. The evidence in relation to the latter point showed that Mrs. Mose was under medical treatment for several months, and that her husband was put to great ex pense by having to procure the assistance of a person to manage his house during his wife's illness. The jary gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £l6O in ad dition to the amount of £7 18s 9d, for which the defendants admitted they were liable. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yonx, March 23. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) TWO PRISONERS SENTENCED TO BE FLOGGED. Benjamin Clough and Thomas Tudball were oharged with assaulting, with the intention to rob, John Henry, at Bowling. 'I he prosecutor, a hawker between fifty and sixty years of age, was, late on the night of the 11th of August iast, proceeding with his eat t up to Wakefield-road, near Bradfield, when the prisoner Clough got into the cart at the back, and seizing him by the collar of his coat, pulled him over. Prosecutor cried out "police," and then the other prisoner came, and also got hold of him by the shoulders, and the two pulled him out of the cart. They tried to rob the old man, and as he continued to cry for assistance, they threatened to put his head under the cart wheel. This threat they afterwards actually carried out, the two holding the prosecutor's head to the ground whilst the cart wheel passed over him. The fact of the vehicle being empty was fortunate for all parties, the only injuries the prosecutor received being a cut on the face. The prisoners were found guilty, and were each sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and 30 lashes with the " cat.'e (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) CROSSLEY V. LAWTON. The plaintiff, Mr. Abraham Crossley, is a farmer, at Upper Midthorpe, in the parish of Ecclesfield ; and the defendant, Mr. Joseph Lawton, is the eon of a farmer, residing at Langsett, about a mile from the plaintiff's house. Mr. Crossley brought this action in consequence of the seduction of his only daughter, Martha, who is twenty-eight years of age. Three years ago the defendant commenced paying his addresses to the plaintiff's daughter, and in 1862 he was said to have accomplished her ruin, =3 on the 233 of August she gave birth to a child. It was not denied that the defendant was the father of the child, though it was submitted on his behalf that there was very little seduction in the case. It was urged that he was only about 20 years of age when he became acquainted with the young woman; that he was not in a position to pay damages, he only being in the habit of receiving wages from his father se a farm servant ; and that the proper course toadopt was to have obtained an order of affiliation before the magie tratee, rather than have brought it into this court, Verdict for the plaintiff for £l5. CARR V. JACKSON. The plaintiff occupies a farm at Moss, near Fenwick, and the defendant, who is 27 years of age, lives at Fenwick. The plaintiff has four eons and four daughters ; his wife died about five years ago, and the young woman who formed the subject of this action was his second daughter. She was 21 years of age, and at thelatter end of 1861 became acquainted with the defendant. A harmonium had been provided for the church at Fenwick, and the defendant played upon it. The plaintiff's daughter Martha went to assist at the sing ing in the church, and an intimacy arose between her and the defendant. He visited her at her father's house, and it was in January, 1863, that the seduction took place. t S h h a e t gave she hadbirt h t t h o e a care child eifn herN o v f e a m t h b e e r r ~ s an h d e u i s t appeared e hel d an d onefamily. AuTghuestand the other defendant h n ad er wr i i n tte Nvni written November, b l e e r t , ter l s B6 t 2. to her, ln the first he mad, " According to your solicitous request, I shall insert a few love words for your meditation. It may reveal the adage, ' Absence makes the heart grow fonder.' ': Speaking of his morals, he said he had not tried to allure Miss Carr by enticing enchantments, and he w as not chained fast with deep-rooted immorality. He assuredly knew he was designed for a great end; and he was fully sensible of the ray of divinity which mortal man was endowed with. If his conduct was not in strict accord ere to a nce with her liking , mi g ht God g r ant her success in insuring one of tho se faultless, ha ppy men as a partner. If his morals we re not sufficien tly refined, according to hi s contemporary, he must lead a celibate life, and j o i n those of nobler enjoyments than any one o n ear th. H e conc luded both letters with the w or d s , " I am, l oya ll y, J ohn woman othifdatohwitsiha su h fe a adtt d t a r ahhh eee b ra e sw e oga nnone defendant's rsd o lo odofu a n n fi gew a hc ol positioneeet a d awt 1 , o ttehhh be Jackson." After the young giving,ex wi l ling.p ressei inasmuch aas It miiw wish tu a was was ae t saa o si d cdm the n a t defen d a n t contended that well marry her , d Oran, other an d hsrelatives hand,o lin life had been much exaggerated, and that, although he had done wrong, the damages ought not to be of a vindic tive character, but temperate and moderate. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for ZOO. LIVERPOOL.—March 23. CBeftnT, Mr. Justice CHARGE OF MITHDER. James Robinson, aged 22, was charged with the murder of Richard Early, at Liverpool, on the 20th February lag. On the evening of the previous day Elizibeth Linden, who cohabited alternately with the prisoner and the deceased, left her house in Wolfe-street with a woman named Murphy. and visited a public-house in Warwick-street, where they met the prisoner, who appeared vemcd with Linden for h a ving discaried him for Early, who had only recently re turned from sea. A. quarrel :ensued, an d the prisoner stabbed the deceased. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to .5 years' penal servitude. FATAL COLLISION ON THE CORNISH COAET.--. The Britannia, of NOWCPI3Y, laden with china clay, was run into by a brig about one o'clock on the morning of the 19th, while lying-to on the coast. She was much injured, and two of her crew Were drowned. The rest were saved by clinging to the top part of the mast until daylik;ht, when they were discovered and reEonei.